IRB Top 25

Each week, the International Rugby Board ranks every rugby playing nation in the world. Rather than list all 95 nations each week, we will simply post the Top 25 each week. For full IRB rankings, click HERE.

IRB World Rankings- August 31, 2009

Position (last week)

1. South Africa (1)

2. New Zealand (2)

3. Australia (3)

4. Ireland (4)

5. France (5)

6. Argentina (6)

7. England (7)

8. Wales (8)

9. Fiji (9)

10. Scotland (10)

11. Samoa (11)

12. Italy (12)

13. Canada (13)

14. Japan (14)

15. Tonga (15)

16. Russia (16)

17. Georgia (17)

18. USA (18)

19. Romania (19)

20. Portugal (20)

21. Uruguay (21)

22. Spain (22)

23. Chile (23)

24. Korea (24)

25. Namibia (25)